Category Lead – IT
Location: Hybrid to Peterborough or London (ideally 1-2 days per week)
We are seeking a commercially minded Category Lead to manage our IT and Technology categories. You will be responsible for developing and delivering sourcing strategies across software, hardware, cloud, and IT services.
This role ensures that technology investments are cost-effective, scalable, secure, and aligned to business and digital transformation objectives.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Skills, Experience & Knowledge
What we offer in return?
About the business:
Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1.2b. Markerstudy also has a large and growing direct presence in the market as well.
Having acquired and successfully integrated Co-op Insurance Services in 2021, BGLi in 2022 & Atlanta in 2024.
Markerstudy Insurance Services Limited (MISL) is one of the largest Managing General Agents in the UK.
With a strong presence in the UK motor insurance market, we specialise in niche motor cover, where our solid market knowledge and experience enables us to create highly targeted products for sectors such as: young drivers, high performance/high value cars, Japanese imports, kit cars, unusual occupations, accident/conviction records, taxis and driving schools - to name but a few.
Our success is underpinned by our underwriting strategy to identify and apply special risk factors to the customers’ advantage. That, and our skilled underwriting technicians who are friendly, accessible and empowered to make decisions.
We only transact business through professional UK insurance intermediaries and we take pride in fostering excellent working relationships. Our products feature prominently on Aggregators' sites, such as Confused.com, Go Compare and Compare the Market, via our broker partners.
